2006 Leniency Notice

2006 Leniency Notice

The 2006 Leniency Notice

By decision of 4 April 2007 (PV(2007)1783, SEC(2007)439), the Commission empowered the Competition Commissioner to adopt the following decisions in relation to the application of the 2006 Leniency Notice: – to inform the companies that the evidence described which they propose to disclose at a later date is of such a nature and content that it would meet the conditions to obtain conditional immunity from fines (point 19 of the Commission Notice); – to reject an application for conditional immunity where the evidence the undertaking proposes to disclose at a later date is not of such a nature and content that it meets the requirements for conditional immunity from fines to be granted, and to inform the undertaking accordingly in writing (point 19 of the Commission Notice); – to grant conditional immunity from fines in writing to the undertakings which meet the conditions set out in the Notice (points 18 and 19 of the Commission Notice); – to reject an application for conditional immunity from fines where it is found that the conditions laid down in the Notice have not been met, and to inform the undertaking accordingly in writing (point 20 of the Commission Notice); – to inform in writing the undertakings which meet the relevant conditions of the Commission's intention to apply a reduction of a fine within a specified band (point 29 of the Commission Notice); – to reject an application for reduction of fines where it is found that the conditions laid down in the Notice have not been met, and to inform the undertaking accordingly in writing (point 29 of the Commission Notice).

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References

  • Information about 2006 Leniency Notice in the Antitrust Manual of Procedures for the application of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU (Internal DG Competition)

Further Reading

  • Information about 2006 Leniency Notice in EU Competition Procedure, 3rd. Edition, Edited by Luis Ortiz Blanco (Oxford University Press)

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